FYI and bad network card..

[knc]

Had a client call and say their office computer was SLOW loading webpages and sometimes timing out. I went on site and found that web pages sometimes load like normal other times they time out. Did the usual malware cleaning, arp cache cleaning, change DNS numbers from google, to ISP's to Opendns', and to no avail. Started pinging websites and saw some packet drops, started pinging back to their router and packet drops.

Tested the cable, good, moved to another switch still dropped packets. Check with manufacturer for a driver update for the Nic card none available. Went out to radio shack (yes I found one) bought a usb to Nic adapter, cured problem.

 

[Archon Prime]

 

[ComputerRepairTech]

Who made the nic, was it intel?

 

[occsean]

How much did that USB to NIC set you back? Last time I bought something at Radio Shack it was a 6 foot VGA cable that was $25. Never again.

 

[knc]

It really wan't for a pat on the back at all.. I was posting this as i hope it may help somewhere else. I was thinking we had malware or beginning to go in another direction.

 

[knc]

How much did that USB to NIC set you back? Last time I bought something at Radio Shack it was a 6 foot VGA cable that was $25. Never again.

Well, it started out at $27.99 but with the store closing sale it came out to about $11.

 

[Altster]

Well, it started out at $27.99 but with the store closing sale it came out to about $11.

Good for you! Thanks for sharing your findings.